The 11th Commandment....., ( Archived) (20)

11. Thou shalt understand that all Commandments are Promises, not rules.

Everything God says is a promise.

'Thou shalt not steal' means God is saying 'I promise you will not steal'.

Not only will God ensure that you will not -need- to steal,
but that you will be held up / sustained by the Word of God itself,
not to steal.

Disbelief makes this promise null and void. (Disbelief negates any promise from God.) Unbelief frustrates the grace of God. (To disbelieve is to 'opt out' of a promise from God, it's the same thing as saying 'No Thankyou' or 'I don't want it' .)



When seen as Ten Positives (they're not ten negatives), The Ten Commandments can be seen as Ten Promises.

Then they can stop being 'Ten Christian Imperitives' and become what they are: Ten Gospel Enablings.

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A CAUSE OF FAILURE
We have heard many people telling how hard they found it to do right; their Christian life was most unsatisfactory to them, being marked only by failure, and they were tempted to give up in discouragement. No wonder they got discouraged; continual failure is enough to discourage anybody. The bravest soldier in the world would become faint-hearted if he had been defeated in every battle. Sometimes these persons will mournfully tell that they have about lost confidence in themselves.
But if they would only lose confidence in themselves ENTIRELY, and would put their WHOLE TRUST in THE ONE who is Mighty To Save, they would have a different story to tell. They would then "joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Says the apostle, "Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice." Phillipians 4:4. The man who doesn't rejoice in God, even though tempted and afflicted, is not fighting the good fight of faith. He is fighting the poor fight of self-confidence and defeat...

The soldiers of Alexander were reckoned invincible. Why? was it because they were naturally stronger and more courageous than all their enemies?----No; but because they were led by Alexander. Their strength was in his leadership. Under another leader they would often have been defeated. When the Union army was fleeing, panic-stricken, before the enemy at Winchester, the presence of Sheridan turned their defeat into victory. Without him the men were a quaking mob; with him at their head they were an invincible army. If you had listened to the remarks, after the battle, of the soldiers who served under those and similar leaders, you would have heard the praises of their general mingled with all their rejoicing. They were strong because he was; they were inspired by the same spirit that he had...

The soldiers of Alexander were reckoned invincible. Why? was it because they were naturally stronger and more courageous than all their enemies?----No; but because they were led by Alexander. Their strength was in his leadership. Under another leader they would often have been defeated. When the Union army was fleeing, panic-stricken, before the enemy at Winchester, the presence of Sheridan turned their defeat into victory. Without him the men were a quaking mob; with him at their head they were an invincible army. If you had listened to the remarks, after the battle, of the soldiers who served under those and similar leaders, you would have heard the praises of their general mingled with all their rejoicing. They were strong because he was; they were inspired by the same spirit that he had...

OUR MIGHTY LEADER
Well, our Captain is the Lord of hosts. He has met the chiefest foe of all and has vanquished him singlehanded. Those who follow Him invariably go forth conquering and to conquer. Oh, that those who profess to be His followers would put their trust in Him, and then, by the repeated victories that they would gain, they would show forth the praises of Him who has called them out of darkness into His marvelous light!

John says that he that is born of God overcomes the world, through faith. Faith lays hold of the arm of God, and His mighty power does the work. How the power of God can work in a man, accomplishing that which he could not possibly do for himself, no one can tell. It would be as easy to tell how God can give life to the dead. Says Jesus, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is everyone that is everyone that is born of the spirit." John 3:8. How the Spirit works in a man to subdue his passions, and to make him victorious over pride, envy, and selfishness, is known only to the Spirit; it is sufficient for us to know that it is done, and will be done in everyone who wants that work wrought in him, above all things else, and who trusts God for the performance of it.

We cannot tell how Peter was enabled to walk on the water, when the waves were rolling about him; but we know that at the command of the Lord he did it. So long as he kept his eye fixed on the Master, Divine Power enabled him to walk as easily as through it were solid rock underneath; but when he looked at the waves, possibly with a feeling of pride in what he was, as though he himself was doing it, fear very naturally took possession of him, and he began to sink. Faith enabled him to walk on the waves; fear made him sink beneath them.

- text from E.J. Waggoner

That is not the 11th commandment

Though shalt not be a stupid driver and still retain thy licence!!!!

Though shall not commit blasphemy!

and though shall not take the name of 'Jesus' as their
own....

well that one you don't have to worry about!!!

For Yahoo Chat Users "Thou Shalt not make Bots"

thou shall not leave the bed until she has achieved...

Lots of people have Jesus as a name!

and your point is???????

so i guess that makes it right?

most would do well to refer above the posted scriptures!